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11g Release 1 (11.1)

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packet (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

page (OLAP User's Guide; search in this book

page space (OLAP User's Guide; search in this book

paging (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book

parallel execution (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

parallel recovery (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

parallelism (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

parent (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (OLAP User's Guide; search in this book

parent element (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

parent incarnation (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

parent workspace (Workspace Manager Developer's Guide; search in this book

parent-child relation (OLAP User's Guide; search in this book

parse (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book

parse call (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book

Parsed Character Data (PCDATA) (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

parser (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book

partial resynchronization (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

partition (Concepts; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book
    [definition #3] (Storage Administrator's Guide; search in this book

password file (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

Password-Accessible Domains List (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

path name (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

PATH_SECTION_GROUP (Text Application Developer's Guide; search in this book

PCDATA (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

PCMCIA cards (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

PDA (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

peer identity (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

PEM (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

persistent LCR (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

persistent LOB (SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide; search in this book

persistent queue (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

persistent user message (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

PGA (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book

physical backup (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

physical backups (Concepts; search in this book

physical corruption (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

physical data set (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

physical schema (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

physical standby database (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Data Guard Broker; search in this book

physical structures (Concepts; search in this book

pinning (Object-Relational Developer's Guide; search in this book

PIO (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book

pivoting (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

PKCS #10 (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

PKCS #11 (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

PKCS #12 (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

PKI (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

PL/SQL (Concepts; search in this book
    [definition #2] (COM Automation Feature Developer's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #3] (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #4] (Extensions for .NET Developer's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #5] (Object-Relational Developer's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #6] (Oracle Objects for OLE Developer's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #7] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book
    [definition #8] (Provider for OLE DB Developer's Guide; search in this book

plaintext (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

plan generator (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book

PMON process (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

point-in-time recovery (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

polygon (Spatial Developer's Guide; search in this book

polymorphism (Object-Relational Developer's Guide; search in this book

portlets (Multimedia User's Guide; search in this book

positive rule set (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

positive target value (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

precalculate (OLAP User's Guide; search in this book

precommit handler (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

precompiler (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book

precompute (OLAP User's Guide; search in this book

predicate (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book

predictive model (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

predictor (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

preference (Text Application Developer's Guide; search in this book

preference document (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide; search in this book

prepared data (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

prepared table (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

preparer server (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

presentation layer (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

primary database (Data Guard Broker; search in this book

primary filter (Spatial Developer's Guide; search in this book

primary key (Concepts; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #3] (Object-Relational Developer's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #4] (Oracle Objects for OLE Developer's Guide; search in this book

PRIMARY KEY constraint (Concepts; search in this book

principal (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #3] (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

printjoin (Text Application Developer's Guide; search in this book

prior probabilities (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

priority inversion (Concepts; search in this book

priors (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

private attributes (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide; search in this book

private database link (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

private dictionary document (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide; search in this book

private key (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

private keys (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book

privilege (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book

privileges (Workspace Manager Developer's Guide; search in this book

problem (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

process (Concepts; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book

profile (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

profiles (Data Guard Broker; search in this book

progID (COM Automation Feature Developer's Guide; search in this book

program global area (PGA) (Concepts; search in this book

projected coordinates (Spatial Developer's Guide; search in this book

projection (Spatial Developer's Guide; search in this book

prolog (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

propagation (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

propagation job (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

propagation schedule (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

protocol (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

protocol address (Database Client Installation Guide for AIX Based Systems; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Database Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book
    [definition #3] (Database Installation Guide for AIX Based Systems; search in this book
    [definition #4] (Database Installation Guide for HP-UX; search in this book
    [definition #5] (Database Installation Guide for Linux; search in this book
    [definition #6] (Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book
    [definition #7] (Database Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System; search in this book
    [definition #8] (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #9] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

protocol conversion (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

protocol stack (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

protocols (Multimedia User's Guide; search in this book

provider (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Provider for OLE DB Developer's Guide; search in this book

proximity (Spatial Developer's Guide; search in this book

proxy authentication (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

proxy copy (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

proxy server (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

PUBLIC (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

public and private key pair (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

public database link (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

public key (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #3] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book

public key cryptography (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book

public key encryption (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

public key infrastructure (PKI) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

PUBLIC role (Security Guide; search in this book

publication (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

publication ID (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

publisher (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

purge job (Security Guide; search in this book